As a community service, the Postal Service™ offers pictorial postmarks to commemorate local events celebrated in communities throughout the nation. A list of events for which pictorial postmarks are authorized appears below. The sponsor of the pictorial postmark appears in italics under the date. Also provided are illustrations of these postmarks.
People attending these local events may obtain the postmark in person at the temporary Post Office™ station established there. Those who cannot attend the event but who wish to obtain the postmark may submit a mail order request. Pictorial postmarks are available only for the dates indicated, and requests must be postmarked no later than 30 days following the requested pictorial postmark date.
All requests must include a stamped envelope or postcard bearing at least the minimum First-Class Mail® postage. Items submitted for postmark may not include postage issued after the date of the requested postmark. Such items will be returned unserviced.
Customers wishing to obtain a postmark should affix stamps to any envelope or postcard of their choice, address the envelope or postcard to themselves or others, insert a card of postcard thickness in envelopes for sturdiness, and tuck in the flap. Place the envelope or postcard in a larger envelope and address it to: Pictorial Postmarks, followed by the Name of the Station, Address, City, State, ZIP+4® Code, as listed below.
Customers can also send stamped envelopes and postcards without addresses for postmark, as long as they supply a larger envelope with adequate postage and their return address. After applying the pictorial postmark, the Postal Service returns the items (with or without addresses) under addressed protective cover.
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December 1, 2009
New Hope Christmas Station
Postmaster
100 Church St.
New Hope, KY 40052-9998
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December 5, 2009
Christkindl Festival Station
Postmaster
PO Box 9998
Black River Falls, WI 54615-9998
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December 12, 2009
Support Our Troops Thanks for the Memory Station
Postmaster
PO Box 9998
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590-9998
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December 15–24, 2009
Christmas Carol Station
Postmaster
101 N. Folger St.
Carrollton, MO 64633-9998
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December 17, 2009
Jewish Day School Station
Postmaster
PO Box 9998
Columbia, SC 29206-9998
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December 18, 2009
5th Epping Light-Up Station
Postmaster
109 Main Ave.
Epping, ND 58843-9998
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December 18–25, 2009
Danville Kentucky Station
Postmaster
200 E. Main St.
Danville, KY 40422-9998
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January 2, 2010
Quaboag Plantation 350th Anniversary Grand Ball Station
Postmaster
25 Dorchester Ave., Rm. 3011
Boston, MA 02205-9600
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January 6, 2010
TPTR Station
Postmaster
302 Trice St.
Claude, TX 79019-9998
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January 13, 2010
TPTR Station
Postmaster
221 E. 3rd St.
Muleshoe, TX 79347-9998
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— Stamp Services,
Government Relations and Public Policy, 12-31-09